A fun read with LGBTQIA+ rep, which is always a plus in my book. The art style was awesome, but the pacing was off for me. I know graphic novels tend to run on the faster side, but this was just a little bit too quick for my liking.

Disclaimer: I was given an eARC of this book by Diamond Book Distributors via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love the art style of this graphic novel and the LGBTQ+ representation. However, I felt that it moved much too fast even for a graphic novel which made everything feel very rushed. I just couldn't connect with the story.

This book looked right up my alley… a shame it is not working properly to let me read! I do want to check this out when it’s available.

It was a good story, the characters, like myself, don't really like going to school (the amount of time they skipped is impecable), but that's not what the story is about.

I enjoyed it, it was a quick read, dark and with LGBTQ+ representation. For me it was a fun read, even though the main people could annoy me sometimes.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me a copy of this in return of my honest review!

(Not book related, but I had a really hard time downloading this to my computer, and the only place I could read it was so bad I put off reading this just because trying to use the app gave me a headache.)

Alexa moves in with her grandfather after her parents are sent to jail. Whilst Alexa quickly makes friends at school, her grandfather's new girlfriend is not quite what she seems. Neither is Alexa or her friends for that matter; they are changelings.

Good things:

1) The colour palette used was perfect for the genre and added to the atmosphere of the story.
2) I loved the LGBT theme in this book as well.
3) The art is great!

What needs improving:

Basically, the pace! It felt rushed and I had no idea what was happening all the time. I didn't know who they were after and why and it suddenly switched. I didn't know how the grandfather's girlfriend was linked in with them all and it just got too confusing. I also didn't understand what happened at the end and it was not well-explained.

Nightmare in Savannah is a fun, kooky take on fairies. Honestly, it was a nice book to read especially with how fast it moves. It kept me interested every step of the way.

The illustrations weren't my favourite style, but they work with the story. It's just a personal preference or taste of mine that it conflicts with, nothing more.

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Whoa. This was dark and delightful, with an f/f storyline!!! I'd absolutely recommend this. Fairies are to be avoided at all costs. But what if you never new they existed...

Alexa is forced to move to Savannah to live with her grandpa after her parents' arrest. While immediately harassed by the popular cliche, Alexa falls in with the outcast girls and quickly finds out they have more in common than expected. But as powers shift and grow, Alexa must decide who she is, who she loves, and what she's willing to do.

I sadly didn't get to finish this due to having troubles with Adobe Digital Editions, but I still got to read around half of it!

I enjoyed the story, and I'm always down for more darker stories like this (both in terms of the story itself and the artstyle). It wasn't my favourite artstyle tho, but that is more about personal preference than anything else! It was also a bit too quick for my taste (pacing wise), and I wish it lingered on some moments longer to let it sink in and have more of an impact. I think it would definitely have improved the story a lot for me!

I have chosen to give this a 3 star rating, since I never got to read the ending. I think I would give it more of a 2.5 star overall tho

Wow just wow that was so good. It kind of gave me The Craft vibes but with Fae's. I loved the whole thing the charecters, the polt and the story. I wish there could be more for this books.

Nightmare in Savannah is a mysterious graphic novel about fairies, dangerous creatures who steal children and put look-alikes in their place. The story follows Alexa, who has recently moved to Savannah to live with her grandpa after her parents are sent to jail. However, there is something off about the group she begins to hang out with, something that may change her life permanently.

I’m not going to lie, I was confused for a lot of this story, but the art was so beautiful that I still really enjoyed my time reading it. The color pallet used made everything so vibrant and creepy at the same time; I really liked it! I keep looking at the ending of the story, not really sure about what actually happened, but regardless, I really liked Nightmare in Savannah.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for the ARC of Nightmare in Savannah!

I was drawn to this title from the description, and while I think it followed through, there were still a few aspects of it that I wish were developed more. The pacing was quick, which was fine, but I tend to prefer more character driven stories, and the quick pacing didn't leave much room for character development. The characters blended together a bit for me, and I wish I had a better idea of the main character's motivation. Illustrations were beautiful, and the coloring especially helped set the mood.

I had high hopes for this graphic novel, the story seemed compelling and the art was absolutely gorgeous, however, I ended up not enjoying it as much as I hoped to. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate it by any stretch of the imagination—it was entertaining enough—but I also didn’t love it.

My main issue with it was the pacing. It was really fast at times, to the point that I thought I’d accidentally skipped pages, and I was extremely confused as to what had happened. This, for me, got worse towards the end. It was hard to follow what exactly was going on and how everything tied together. The story was compelling enough, so I think it’s a shame that it suffered because of the bizarre pacing.

On the other hand, I really loved the treatment of the different characters. I do not believe any of them were especially lovable, but they still felt rather real. The typical themes relating to adolescence were treated in a fantasy setting and because of that even brought to the extreme, but they still felt very relevant. Additionally, I appreciated how the characters’ different identities were addressed: it was never a big deal and it was simply mentioned in passing, without it needing to be a whole conversation or plot point.

Finally, I need to mention the art, because it was probably my favourite part of this. The red/pink/purple colour palette works perfectly for this, and it makes the art style even more mesmerizing. At times, it becomes even creepy and uncanny, and the colouring is used to perfection to bring forth that feeling.

All in all, despite this not having been my favourite read, I’d still recommend it. It’s a super fast read with some creepy elements that is worth a shot—even if it’s just to enjoy the fantastic art. However, I do wish the issue with the pacing had been resolved.

Alexa moves to Savannah to live with her grandfather as she wants to not be known as the daughter of criminal parents. She starts school in the middle of the semester where she gets stared at and ignored. Finally, a class mate tells her to forget those classmates and go out with her and her friends after school. They will have fun. It was so much fun, she didn’t get home until early in the morning. She finds out about fairies as they are fairies but then Alexa discovers that she is a fairy too! She learns that one of them may become the queen of the fairy realm. Meanwhile there is a hunter’s guide to hunting fairies as they are evil. Unknown to Alexa, there is a Hunter in Savannah. Who is it?

Most of the graphic novel is about learning and becoming a fairy. I was fascinated to see how Alexa dwelt with the news that she is a fairy. It’s also has the themes of romance, friendship and bullying. The ar5work is perfect for the story. I liked it as it was not a typical fairy story.

I received this and as an eARC to read for free in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and Maverick for giving me access.

Nightmare in Savannah was a quick graphic novel and I mean quick. There were moments that felt rushed and choppy, but the story was still intriguing. I did love that there was sapphic representation! I am always here for that and any LGBTQI+ positive stories. While more information or a different ending (the ending was fine, I just wanted more) would have been nice, this was still a fun read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Graphic novels are normally not my go to genre when picking up a new book, but the unique cover and book description made me want to give this a shot. I flew through Nightmares in Savannah, finishing it in about an hour and overall I was satisfied with my experience. The artwork and the colour palette used was beautiful to look at, and I think this was my favourite thing about this graphic novel.

The story itself I found to be interesting. I enjoyed the horror element and it kept me interested in what was to come. I enjoyed the love story between two of the female characters, Alexa and Skye. While most of the story I did enjoy, I found it moved extremely fast and it almost seemed as if I was missing pages at times. I was worried it was my copy of the graphic novel, but it was just the way the novel was created. I think it easily could have been longer, which would have allowed the story to flow a bit better and not feel rushed.

Overall, I would recommend this to those looking for a fast read and a beautifully designed graphic novel.

I reviewed a copy made available by the publisher via Netgalley - Thank you very much for that!

First off: I love the art style, and the mood this Graphic Novel is held in, especially the color combinations - really beautiful.
I also enjoyed the plot and the strong characters, Nightmare in Savannah has some strong characters and sapphic rep.

Nightmare in Savannah is a 4 star read for me.

Nightmare in Savannah is for fans of The Craft and Holly Black's Folk of the Air series. If you really enjoy both of those things, to the point that you don't mind something that feels a bit derivative, then you will enjoy this book. I expected to enjoy it more than I did. It absolutely has strong points, and the central idea is fun.

Usually, stories set in Savannah draw on the culture in those areas, or at least reference the geography and architecture, but this story felt ungrounded in that way. I could have been set anywhere. Maybe it wasn't meant to be Savannah, GA?

The story lore was integrated through pages meant to be from a book by a hunter of faeries, and I do like that trend in comics and books, but they were drawn instead of in a multimedia format that mimicked real books. That's not a criticism of the book, but I was a bit surprised to see them done that way.

I liked the ending, where two LGBTQ characters escape the evil machinations of The Outcast to live in a fantasy world just for them.

I think this would be a good starter book for people who want to get into reading comics. The art is dynamic and breaks into the gutters, making it visually interesting but also not too complex for people starting out with comics. This book would have been great to me as a younger person obsessed with The Craft, and not my older self who is more picky.

I was provided an ARC through Netgalley for a fair and honest review.

Wasn't able to read it, disappointed. because it looked cool. The file type wouldn't download. The cover looks amazing though.

I had such high hopes for Nightmare in Savannah. The blurb read like The Craft or Lost Boys, but with faeries instead of witches or vampires. I have read a couple in the past (such as Damon Clark's The Circle, or The Merciless) so "new kid accidentally joins paranormal clique" is one of those tropes I am drawn to. However, it was mostly just literally ripping off The Craft and Lost Boys the whole time, and the rest of it was so poorly paced and abrupt that I just found myself reading it to get it over with. I liked the lesbian vibes and the cute little ending, but there were far too many scenes that were EXACTLY the same as The Craft/Lost Boys - there is a sequence where the girls use their powers to taunt their bullies (including a hair-loss scene that is almost sequence-for-sequence the same as the Christine Taylor "it just keeps falling out!" scene in TC); a scene where someone is nearly bewitched to jump/fall out of a window (TC); a trippy midnight, alcohol-sharing party wherein the morning after the main character has transformed into more than just a hungover teen (Lost Boys); a character who is shy and bullied for an obvious skin difference (much like Bonnie's scars in TC); and the main character's personality is literally Nancy by any other name (TC). Throw in some very clear references to Mean Girls and even Jawbreaker, there's just not much originality happening, which is sad, because with a few minor changes, this could have been a really good homage to all of these teen movies instead of just a "changeling" made to mirror them.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.

English Review:
Thanks to NetGalley for providing me this free ebook in exchange for a honest review!

3 / 5 stars
Nightmare in Savannah follows Alexa, the new girl in town that's living with her grandfather after her parents are thrown in jail. In her new school, she meets a interesting group of friends that together, end up discovering their true nature and cause mischief around their classmates.

The thing that intrigued me the most about Nightmare in Savannah, besides it's synopsis, was how diverse the characters and their relationships with one another were: the book features a sapphic love story, a bisexual main character and an asexual character, and much more; this, plus the amazing artwork, makes the story stand out from other stories.

Nonetheless, given how quickly the pacing of the story was, it made the reading experience both confusing and not pleasant: I can't remember neither the name of most of the characters nor the actual things that happened because of how fast they were mentioned. Instead of having almost 200 pages, I wouldn't bother if it was even 300 pages long, just for the story to be properly explained and not rush throughout the whole book.

In conclusion, Nightmare in Savannah does a great job on adding diversity into their story, but not so good in actually telling it.

Reseña en Español:
¡Muchas gracias a NetGalley por darme este libro a cambio de una reseña honesta!

3 / 5 estrellas
Nightmare in Savannah nos cuenta de Alexa, la nueva chica en la ciudad que vive con su abuelo después que sus padres fueran enviados a prisión. En su nueva escuela, conoce a un grupo de amigas interesante que juntas, terminan descubriendo su verdadera naturaleza y causan desastres a cualquiera que se interponga en su camino.

Lo que más me llamó la atención de Nightmare in Savannah, además de su sinopsis, era lo diverso que eran tanto sus personajes cómo sus relaciones entre ellos: el libro tiene un romance sáfico, un personaje principal bisexual, un personaje asexual, y mucho más; esto, agregado al hermoso arte de la historia, hace que resalté de entre otras novelas gráficas.

Sin embargo, tomando en cuenta lo rápida que es la forma en la que se cuenta la historia, hizo que la experiencia de leerlo fuera confuso y no placentero: no recuerdo el nombre de la mayoría de los personajes o las cosas que sucedieron por la forma tan rápida en la que fueron mencionadas. En lugar de tener casi 200 páginas, no me molestaría que tuviera 300 páginas de largo solo para que la historia fuese bien explicada y no apresurada durante todo el libro

En conclusión, Nightmare in Savannah hace un gran trabajo en agregar diversidad en su historia, pero tan bueno en contarla.